This research is an investigation into the role of encounter in conversion and its implications for mission by Pentecostal and charismatic (P+c) churches within the United Kingdom. Initially, contemporary conversion praxis is explored in literature associated with the ecumenical…
The subject of this thesis is the relationship between hagiography and cult in the early medieval west taken through the example of the Passiones of St. Kilian of Würzburg († 689) in the period from circa 700 to circa 1000 AD. Through examining a cult which developed east of the…
Conversations concerning the missional posture of 1 Peter have been dictated largely by the now (in)famous debate between David Balch’s assimilationist position over and against John Elliott’s more sectarian position. More recent work has sought to bridge the gap between Balch a…
Verlagsinfo: Este volumen sobre el "Símbolo católico indiano" (1598) del criollo franciscano Luis Jerónimo de Oré (Huamanga, 1554 - La Concepción, 1630) plantea la necesidad de estudiar esta obra no únicamente como un texto que fomentó la expansión del catolicismo en la región a…
The problem underlying this study is the slow but steady decline in membership in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Numerous missionary efforts in the past have not been able to change this trend. However, an approach that summarizes…
Diaspora is one of the megatrends of globalization. Chinese make up the largest diaspora group in the world with about 46 million people spread across the globe and 2 million in Africa. The diaspora Chinese have abundant resources including personnel and finances to access diffe…
This dissertation explores connections between geography and missiology to understand territoriality in Christian faith and mission. Andrew Walls and Lamin Sanneh have stated that because Christendom has ended, Christianity is no longer territorial. To evaluate Walls’ and Sanneh…
This study is about how a church should do missionary training it to grow and revive in other cultures. Based on theoretical and biblical basis, the researcher conducted prior research and reviewed academic materials. In addition, 12 projects were carried out targeting cross-cul…
As non-Catholic teachers are being hired into Catholic high schools, they are inducted into the school mission that participates in the Catholic Church’s mission for evangelization. The research on the non-Catholic teachers’ perspectives and experiences of this mission formation…
Cultural integrity in private Christian schools is of significant importance, because school culture is a dynamic structure that is influenced by all the forces that comprise it including values, beliefs, mission, administrators, faculty, staff, students, parents, facilities, an…
In 2018, the impetus for this research study was to explore the intersection of history, identity, and mission at independent schools at a time when these types of institutions faced a supposed existential crossroads. This paradigm was predicated on the assumption that many inde…
Before the Second Vatican Council, it was commonplace to think that the new churches in Africa, Asia, and Latin America were pastoral communities. However, following the missiological breakthrough of the Second Vatican Council, the Church of Christ, which is by nature missionary…